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| Title |
Caution required when relying on a colleague's advice; a comparison between professional advice and evidence from the literature
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, August 2005
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-5-59 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Frederieke Schaafsma, Jos Verbeek, Carel Hulshof, Frank van Dijk |
| Abstract |
Occupational Physicians rely especially on advice from colleagues when answering their information demands. On the other hand, Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) promotes the use of up-to-date research literature instead of experts. To find out if there was a difference between expert-based practice and EBM we compared professional advice on occupational health topics with best evidence from the literature. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 30 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | 7% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 24 | 80% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 17% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 13% |
| Librarian | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 27% |
| Unknown | 4 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 37% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 17% |
| Engineering | 2 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 4 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 December 2018.
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#13,910,091
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Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#4,904
of 7,613 outputs
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#50,927
of 58,571 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#4
of 4 outputs
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